Middleweight or Featherweight ?

Visiting teams to Zimbabwe often use their time here as a looking glass into the future:

which new combinations might be worth exploring?

Who are the up-and-coming players?

Who's staking a claim for the next major tour?

While West Indies' circumstances might be a little more tempestuous,

both they and Sri Lanka have picked forward-thinking squads for this series,

and there is plenty to prove on both sides !.

Multiple changes to their squad will have shaken West Indies up somewhat,

and despite their long-form success in the UAE, West Indies' recent 3-0 defeat

in the ODIs against Pakistan will be in the back of their minds.

All the new names in their batting line-up have a chance to clean the slate,

and  there are several middle-order slots up for grabs and several all-round options.

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West Indies (possible): 1 Johnson Charles, 2 Kraigg Brathwaite, 3 Evin Lewis,

4 Jason Mohammed,  5 Shai Hope, 6 Shane Dowrich (wk), 7 Jonathan Carter,

8 Carlos Brathwaite, 9 Jason Holder (c), 10 Sulieman Benn, 11 Shannon Gabriel

"It's obviously a big impact to lose senior guys with experience

who bring pedigree to your side. It's a situation where we have to cope

with what we have, and gel together as quickly as possible."

Jason Holder's West Indies side has been shorn of several experienced players

ahead of this tri-series.